POUSSIN Nicolas (After ?)
1594 - 1665
Venus asking Vulcan to forge weapons for Aeneas
Pen, brown ink and brown wash. Glued to cardboard (slightly unstained; lacuna at lower left; slight foxing around the edges).
Monogrammed lower right P in a circle (?)
H. 24 - L. 34.3 cm
Possibly an old copy after a lost drawing by Nicolas Poussin, as has sometimes been suggested for certain leaves attributed to Nicolas Poussin, then rejected (Cf. Pierre Rosenberg , Louis Antoine Prat. Nicolas Poussin. Catalog raisonné des dessins ; see for example R 5, R 48, R 52 - 1994),
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